Eddie Robson
@eddierobson.bsky.social
Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
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Eddie Robson
@eddierobson.bsky.social
· Feb 6
ANNOUNCEMENT! My next novel, The Heist Of Hollow London, will be published by Tor on 30 September 2025.
One of the world's largest corporations collapses. During the sale of its assets, five clone workers are bought to steal a large sum of money stashed an obscure facility in a near-abandoned city.
One of the world's largest corporations collapses. During the sale of its assets, five clone workers are bought to steal a large sum of money stashed an obscure facility in a near-abandoned city.
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Just three people away from 250 over on the old Patreon! Hurrah!
I’m doing a 48 page graphic novella sci-fi ghost weekly over on Patreon: it’s free and currently at page 14-15 Pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=gs scripted it all ages ago and have just drawing a page per week (and er… rewriting as I go)
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just three people away from 250 over on the old Patreon! Hurrah!
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Oh the weather outside is frightful
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
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It's Friday night guys, for god's sake let your hair down a little and buy a jigsaw
Wonky World Cup Jigsaw Puzzle by No Score Draws - 1000 Piece
It's our first ever jigsaw! A whopping 1000 pieces of wonky World Cup doodling, featuring our hamfisted depictions of various World Cup icons, legends, moments and more from 1930 to the present day, y...
noscoredraws.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's Friday night guys, for god's sake let your hair down a little and buy a jigsaw
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You consider yourself a Star Trek fan but you had no idea that Lt. Jae is in 63 eps of TNG and three of the movies, did you
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
You consider yourself a Star Trek fan but you had no idea that Lt. Jae is in 63 eps of TNG and three of the movies, did you
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When will everyone finally admit that the *worst* thing the BBC does is: not having the football BBC DOG in the same position as the iPlayer live feed BBC DOG.
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
When will everyone finally admit that the *worst* thing the BBC does is: not having the football BBC DOG in the same position as the iPlayer live feed BBC DOG.
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Teenage River Song has turned up in Grange Hill as the Judo Bully. On no! (episode 3.13, 1980)
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Teenage River Song has turned up in Grange Hill as the Judo Bully. On no! (episode 3.13, 1980)
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It's coming on Christmas...
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It's coming on Christmas...
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Thickening plot - apparently Meta suggests well-rendered, correctly presented pre-made ads which, when published are absolute bullshit like this.
Hearsay at the moment, but if that’s even slightly the case, it’s a giant scandal that, I predict, will get absolutely no traction whatsoever.
Hearsay at the moment, but if that’s even slightly the case, it’s a giant scandal that, I predict, will get absolutely no traction whatsoever.
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thickening plot - apparently Meta suggests well-rendered, correctly presented pre-made ads which, when published are absolute bullshit like this.
Hearsay at the moment, but if that’s even slightly the case, it’s a giant scandal that, I predict, will get absolutely no traction whatsoever.
Hearsay at the moment, but if that’s even slightly the case, it’s a giant scandal that, I predict, will get absolutely no traction whatsoever.
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'You will be haunted,' resumed the ghost, 'by eight spirits. Eight! You're not going to be able to draw any conclusions from it about how to live. It's too much. It's just going to be a right fucking nightmare.'
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
'You will be haunted,' resumed the ghost, 'by eight spirits. Eight! You're not going to be able to draw any conclusions from it about how to live. It's too much. It's just going to be a right fucking nightmare.'
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you will be visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Future, and Patrick Swayze, who will assist you in pottery class
December 11, 2023 at 10:57 PM
you will be visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Future, and Patrick Swayze, who will assist you in pottery class
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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Don't tell me you're not jealous of my tin of Spanish Charlie Brown Christmas biscuits
(sound ON)
(sound ON)
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Don't tell me you're not jealous of my tin of Spanish Charlie Brown Christmas biscuits
(sound ON)
(sound ON)
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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"When I wake next, I will be a midwife,
Because the Calypso is expecting.
The Calypso will soon be a mother.
She is ready, and expecting to birth
Skies, and rivers, and trees, and animals.
The Calypso will birth a whole new world."
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Because the Calypso is expecting.
The Calypso will soon be a mother.
She is ready, and expecting to birth
Skies, and rivers, and trees, and animals.
The Calypso will birth a whole new world."
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"When I wake next, I will be a midwife,
Because the Calypso is expecting.
The Calypso will soon be a mother.
She is ready, and expecting to birth
Skies, and rivers, and trees, and animals.
The Calypso will birth a whole new world."
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
Because the Calypso is expecting.
The Calypso will soon be a mother.
She is ready, and expecting to birth
Skies, and rivers, and trees, and animals.
The Calypso will birth a whole new world."
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
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Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
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Underneath all of this stuff is a real economy where everything is both shit and expensive, nothing works and everyone is miserable and hopeless. Can you fucking focus, you hacks??
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Underneath all of this stuff is a real economy where everything is both shit and expensive, nothing works and everyone is miserable and hopeless. Can you fucking focus, you hacks??
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On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
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It's the first all day carol concerts day on radio 3
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's the first all day carol concerts day on radio 3
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Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
is there a reason why every single paid streaming service UI has only gotten incredibly worse and less usable over time
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
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Honestly, it is possible to think 'I work hard to earn money; I deserve that money' and *also* 'it would be good if we created a more equal society: I'll help'. Exhausting to see everything presented as a fight to the death between those two ideas, seemingly forever.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Honestly, it is possible to think 'I work hard to earn money; I deserve that money' and *also* 'it would be good if we created a more equal society: I'll help'. Exhausting to see everything presented as a fight to the death between those two ideas, seemingly forever.
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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It's the jeans. This pic is of people 108 years ago but the jeans won't let my mind accept that.
Harry Carey and John Ford on the set of Straight Shooting (1917) 🪒
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's the jeans. This pic is of people 108 years ago but the jeans won't let my mind accept that.
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
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People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.